CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS
True Rails
Carolina Rail
Corncrake
Pygmy Rails
Florida Gallinule
Moor-hen
Purple Gallinules
Notornis
Coots
CRANES &TRUMPETERS
The Cranes
Whooping Crane
Sandhill Crane
Little Brown Crane
European and Lilford's Cranes
The other species of Cranes
Asiatic White Crane
The Saras Crane of India
White naped Crane
Paradise Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Wattled Crane
The Courlans
Florida Courlan or Crying-bird
The Trumpeters
THE CARIAMAS
Crested Cariama
Burmeister's Cariama
THE BUSTARDS
Little Bustard
Pink-collared Bustard
Long-beaked Bustards
The Indian Bustard
Australian Bustard
Floricans
THE KAGU
THE SUN-BITTERNS
THE FINFEET
The American Finfoot
Peter's Finfoot
ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
THE BUSTARDS
Little Bustard
An allied species which ranges from southern Europe and northern Africa throughout central Asia is known as the Little Bustard {Tetrax tetrax). It is much smaller than the last, being only about seventeen inches long, and is without the whisker-like feathers on the cheeks, but possesses a full tuft of elongated plumes on the nape and hind neck.
In color it is sandy buff above, coarsely vermiculated with black, and mainly white below, with two broad bands of black across the lower neck and breast. The female is lighter colored and is without the black bands in front.
After nesting in the northern part of their range they return, to the number of millions, to their winter homes, where they frequent the plains and are difficult of approach. Their habits are similar to those of the larger species.
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